ML635043095
Contributor
Chris Wood Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Myers Point
Tompkins, New York, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
***MEGA. Presumed second-year male (or very delayed third year male?). Was loosely associating with a flock of Mallard when we arrived, but after about 20 minutes swam away from them. The rest of the time it was either alone or not too far from a Mallard or two. Dove about fifteen times as we watched it, spreading its wings in a manner most similar to White-winged Scoter. Also seen briefly in flight. Plumage. Similar to adult King Eider and at first I thought it was given the distance. As it got closer we could see knob on bill was not as large as adult (or even third year; Pyle) wing coverts not uniformly white and some brown in face and breast.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
- Lens
- EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
- ISO
- 4000
- Focal length
- 100 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/200 sec
- Dimensions
- 1993 pixels x 1121 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.9 MB